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GACI happy tail - 28 lucky hounds landed in Italy


Lilian M. Mazzola
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 We are very happy to announce that on June 19th, 28 Irish greyhounds joint their forever families in Italy. Humans were touched by the gentle nature of these lucky hounds, everyone did the best to spoil them with care and affection .

BRIGITTE CLONELAN SPOTTY IN BVK
BUSTY MUSIC BAR EP DPV
CHARLIE CHASINGTHEDIME IP VAR
DECCO HES A DECOY HZ BZL
DELL SMALL TOWN LAD DT DZJ
EDDIE LAND THE PLAN IB EDD
EVAN WINDGAP ROME HB YTR
FRANC FRANC IB SAV
JACK AVS DOG EN VDI
JIMMY KILLINAM JIM HN NLT
JT JT RUN JT RUN
LAURA TAKEITUPBLUE DP AUY
LINDA TOLKA FLOW
LOUIE TAKETWOBOY IP LVU
LUCILLE LUCILLE HD UTY
MAY FAST FIT MARY EY RJS
MOE MOE JT YBT
PATCH BARRA BIG FOOT HB DNH
PHIL PHILIPSPECIALONE EY VQS
PRINCESS CORTEEN PRINCESS HY RAX
PRINCESSA CIANS MERMAID DT HNJ
RAZZLE RAZZLE HP AXR
ROO BRUNO JX YRP
ROXETTE ROXETTE JN HBY
SOCKS SOCKS JH TBR
SUZANNE NOIRS SUZANNE HT VVP
TWINKLE ANNER STAR HX SMR
VASHTI VASHTI JH RBK

We'd like to thank everyone involved in this wonderful engagement

PAWS , Gina and her staff

RGT Alma & Muriel Carroll

IGB for the transport contribution and for the general support

Ben McBride & Brendan Rogers our best driver

Our friends from the Slovenian Association SASIN

Vet. Scianti from the Clinica Estense in Modena for having checked our dogs and looked after them all day long

Posh&Chic Greyhound for the technical and fashionable stuff

We thank those trainers who provided to neuter, vaccinate their dogs and keep them in a great shape until the departure.

Our adopters, we couldn't do our job without them

Our home checkers and our wonderful team

Cause of the hot Italian temperature we stop the transport , we look to be back next September with our adoption program and the usual great collaboration with all the good people involved.

The picture galleries will be online soon.

Thank you
Lilian Mazzola
GACI Team EXTERNAL LINK



Douglas Campbell
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 Fantastic news and a big well done to EVERYONE connected with the rehoming programme. What a great place to spend the rest of their days - 28 very lucky hounds. Keep up the good work.


Gina Hetherington PA
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 They are trying Douglas, but they may have to stop rehoming from Ireland, which will be a great loss. IGB are causing complications which will affect future transports to all european countries.



Douglas Campbell
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 Let's hope the ' complications ' can be sorted out and that the rehomings can continue Gina. I have watched many of the video clips that are posted and you can see how much joy these dogs bring to people and how happy the dogs themselves look when they arrive in their new country. For the sake of the dogs it's surely best that the rehoming programme remains in place.


Lesley Obrien
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24 Jun 2010 18:14

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 would be such a shame if stopped as they all need good homes u would think they would apprciate the work u do and offer more help


Patrick O Brien
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24 Jun 2010 18:26

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 Gina,

What complications are IGB causing? I was hoping to rehome a couple at the end of the year. Do you think the rehoming programme will be stopped?




Gina Hetherington PA
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 This will get its own topic. but the short version. IGB has told GACI that:

A: They are reducing the transport donation to 75 per dog, from 100.
At the moment, the transport costs 5,500 regardless of how many dogs are on board. GACI normally take 28 dogs at a time.

IGB pay 28 x 100 = 2800. GACI have to pay the balance of 2700.

Under the new system IGB will pay 2100 which will leave GACI trying to raise 3400.

Gaci are a voluntary group of people that do their work at their own expense. They cannot possibly afford this.

B. PAWS began working with GACI pre 2005. They rehome approx 200 greyhounds a year in amazing homes. As a gesture, they have taken some dogs of late, from IGB's kennels in Limerick. They have now been told that they MUST take 50% of the dogs from Limerick for ANY transport funding to continue. This will mean that PAWS can only rehouse HALF of the dogs they currently do and GACI will be unable to deal direct with owners and trainers as they have always done in the past.

I may also add that PAWS funding has been cut by 1000 per month. This means that ALL dogs will have to be neutered before they come to PAWS.Some people will not do this, so dogs will die.

The above directives, which take effect immediately, will cost Greyhound lives. It will take welfare back about 3 years. It will also most likely mean that GACI will be unable to afford to rehome dogs for Irish owners and trainers.

Take a look at EXTERNAL LINK and see what WE ALL will miss out on.

I may add that the financial directive also applies to the CZECH group, who are totally peniless.


Patrick O Brien
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24 Jun 2010 19:34

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 Are the dogs you receive from IGB neutered, vaccinated,treated for kennel cough etc?



Lilian M. Mazzola
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 hi Patrick
we hope we will rehome your dogs and more other Irish greyhound but we are having a hard time...




Gina Hetherington PA
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patrick o brien wrote:

Are the dogs you receive from IGB neutered, vaccinated,treated for kennel cough etc?

yes Patrick, same as PAWS


Craig Dobie
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 where is all the money going the igb take of the owners prize money for retired greyhounds going someone needs to ask the question
Gina Hetherington PA wrote:

This will get its own topic. but the short version. IGB has told GACI that:

A: They are reducing the transport donation to 75 per dog, from 100.
At the moment, the transport costs 5,500 regardless of how many dogs are on board. GACI normally take 28 dogs at a time.

IGB pay 28 x 100 = 2800. GACI have to pay the balance of 2700.

Under the new system IGB will pay 2100 which will leave GACI trying to raise 3400.

Gaci are a voluntary group of people that do their work at their own expense. They cannot possibly afford this.

B. PAWS began working with GACI pre 2005. They rehome approx 200 greyhounds a year in amazing homes. As a gesture, they have taken some dogs of late, from IGB's kennels in Limerick. They have now been told that they MUST take 50% of the dogs from Limerick for ANY transport funding to continue. This will mean that PAWS can only rehouse HALF of the dogs they currently do and GACI will be unable to deal direct with owners and trainers as they have always done in the past.

I may also add that PAWS funding has been cut by 1000 per month. This means that ALL dogs will have to be neutered before they come to PAWS.Some people will not do this, so dogs will die.

The above directives, which take effect immediately, will cost Greyhound lives. It will take welfare back about 3 years. It will also most likely mean that GACI will be unable to afford to rehome dogs for Irish owners and trainers.

Take a look at EXTERNAL LINK and see what WE ALL will miss out on.

I may add that the financial directive also applies to the CZECH group, who are totally peniless.





Ladislav Lacina
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25 Jun 2010 07:47

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 These condition from IGB are bad, we are not profitable company, how we can save the dogs with this nomoney...



Elisa Manna
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25 Jun 2010 08:05

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craig dobie wrote:

where is all the money going the igb take of the owners prize money for retired greyhounds going someone needs to ask the question

All people should ask this question and claim a documented answer.

Elisa
GACI
Greyhound Adoption Center ITALY



Elisa Manna
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25 Jun 2010 12:58

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 This is GACI,
These are the people of GACI,volunteers,
These are 28 retired greyhound living in Italy and Slovenia on the sofa

EXTERNAL LINK Video, 19 June 2010



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